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GAB COUPLING. No. 248,513. Patented 001;. 18,1881.

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i NITED STATES PATENT FFIc GEORGE SHELLEY, OF WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,513, dated October 18, 1881,

Application filed April 29, 1881. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SHELLEY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Wilkes- Barr, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Oar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to furnish a car-coupling which will obviate many; of the difficulties which now obtain in car-couplin s of ordinary construction; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l isa side elevation, and Fig. 2 a vertical section, of a draw-head having my improvements attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a View of the under side of the drawhead. Fig. 4 is the hooked draw-bar. Fig. 5 is the slotted link-lifter, and Fig. 6 is the link.

a is the draw-head, which is constructed with a slot, to, on its under side, extending from the outer end well back toward the rear end, so as to give ample facilities for fastening the drawbar, hereinafter described. The slot is made wide at outer end, o to give ample space for the free play of the link-lifter. Just below the rear end of the mouth of the draw-head, and at the end of the wide portion a of the slot a, and on opposite sides thereof, two lugs, a a are formed, in which are bearings for holding the ends of the crank-shaft a of crank c 1) is the hooked draw-bar, the shank b of which is placed in the slot a, and is held by a pin or key, b with capability of easy removal. The outer end, b passes above the crank-shaft a and is slightly bent or inclined downward, and extends about flush with the outer end of the draw-head. It is provided on its upper edge with two hooks, b IF, the latter being a little above the plane of the former, and has its point seated in a notch or recess, a", in the draw-head.

c is the link, of ordinary form. It is placed on the inner hook, I). The draw-bar is taken out of the draw-head in order to get the link on the hook. The draw-bar being replaced in the draw-head, the link will be held in its place without liability of being jolted out and lost. The link will turn down and pass over the end of the draw-bar and into a vertical position, (shown in Fig. 1,) and against crank-shaft a, and be out of the way and of danger of being broken, when not in use, by the bumping of one car against another.

(I is the link lifter, composed of two fingers, d 01, arranged with a slot or space between them, so that they will pass upward on opposite sides of the outer end of the draw-barb. It is fixed firmly on shaft a, and is slightly curved upward, and the fingers are provided with notches or seats in their outer ends, adapted to catch the sides of the link. It is operated by the shaft a and crank a Any suitable mechanism may be connected to the crank a, so that the lifter can be operated from the side or from the platform of the car.

The operation of the device will be readily understood. Thelink can be set to couple with a car having its draw-head higher orlower than the draw-head in which it is fastened. The

several positions to which the link can be set are indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

HavingdescribedmyinventiomwhatIclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a carcoupling, the combination, with the draw-head having a longitudinal slot, at, wide at the outer end, formed in the under side, of the removable drawbar I), provided with books b b and held by a suitable pin or key in the slot at, and the link 0, placed on the hook b, and arranged to drop over the end of the draw-bar and into a-vertical position below and at the rear end of the mouth of the draw-head, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the draw-head, constructed with a slot, a, in its under side, and provided with bearing-lugs a the draw-bar b, provided with hooks b I1 held in the slot a, of the shaft-a held in the lugs (rt-and the lifter d, composed of the fingers d d, fixed on the shaft a, and arranged to lift the link 0 into any desired position, and operated substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. SHELLEY.

Witnesses:

FRANK L. BASSARD, T. W. WHEATLY. 

